Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Becky is the Best

Update 7/27 – 8/2

It was just me, Lucas and the pups this week. Maybe D&J were at Gen Con? That sounds
like something that they would do. I
tried to take all of the pups over to the park every day, and because it was so
warm out, Nala was a big fan of jumping into the lake and then rolling around
in the dirt. Such a lady. Percy was more of an observer of her
shenanigans.

The pups also spent every day with Tess at daycare. Here’s Casper getting all the folks at
daycare to fall in love with him.

A quick snap of Percy standing in the pool demanding that we go
swimming.

Lucas was playing around with an umbrella inside the house,
including holding it over his head.

Me: Oh honey you know how I feel about getting bad luck from
superstitious things... I feel very strongly about it

Lucas: It's too late

Me: It's never too late to change your future, Lucas.

I keep sneaking in throwback stories. Partially because I can't
remember what happened, and partially because I spent much of these weeks so wrapped
up in remodeling that I didn't have time for much else. So here's one that I
thought of randomly. Back in college, I came home for the summer and had
dinner with Maureen, her friend Sue, and Sue's boyfriend Dan. It was the first
time that I had met Sue's future husband and I liked him immensely and
immediately. I don't remember why, but for whatever reason Sue kept making
comments as if she was embarrassed about something that Dan was doing. In
response, and I'll never forget this, Dan put his whole hand into his mashed
potatoes and ate them out of his hand. If only I had been able to take a
picture of that classic moment.

Shana asked me if this might be me using a pen name. It
wasn't, but I sure do think it would be a fun experiment.

On Saturday, I was heading out to meet Kelly for a manicure when
I asked Lucas if he wanted join. He did!

There was a little girl there, around 5 or 6 who was getting her
5th manicure. I asked Lucas, "Did she pick the same color?" He picked
a bold green.

Lucas: Getting ready for the sounders game.

Me: When are you going?

Lucas: With Donna and her husband.

(From Parks and Rec)

Lucas and I grabbed some crepes along with these completely
adorable cups of water. (If you look closely, Lucas is wearing a Luke's Diner shirt from GG.)

And then we had an impromptu party at the house and while I don’t
remember much of it, I do remember having a really super fun time, which is
what really matters. Oh! Yes! Becky and
Jared made the party perfect by stopping by to make us all Taco’s. And right before she made me Taco’s, I broke
down and confessed to her. See, right
after she spent an entire day being a super friend by painting my popcorn
ceilings, I ended up having to take all the popcorn ceilings down because of
all the other work being done. Then I
told her all my woes, and she forgave me and allowed me to eat dinner. She’s the best.

And to wrap up the week, here's another throwback to Laina and
Mo's wedding complete with commentary from Ethan.